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History · Lewisville

Lewisville’s post office opened in 1841, and 56% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1850.

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How Lewisville began

When was Lewisville founded?

1841

The Lewisville post office opened in 1841, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 96 in 18502020 census: 184185 years
Founding year: the first Lewisville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lewisville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lewisville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lewisville’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 294 in 1970; 184 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19053 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 2002. Watch Lewisville change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lewisville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Lewisville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lewisville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Lewisville is a village in Monroe County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 184.

Its first post office opened in 1841. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 176 to 184 (+5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

People over time

Lewisville, census by census

01002003001850190019502000Peak: 294

Peaked at 294 in 1970; 184 people lived here in 2020.

16 censuses, 1850–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lewisville’s Wikipedia page.

Timeline

Lewisville, 1841 to 1970

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1841Post officeThe Lewisville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 294
By decade

Lewisville, decade by decade

Today5 recent
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On the map

Lewisville on the map, 1905 to 2002

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lewisville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lewisville on the 1905 USGS mapLewisville on the 1990 USGS mapLewisville on the 2002 USGS map1905Woodsfield sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lewisville.

Questions about Lewisville’s history

What year was Lewisville founded?

The Lewisville post office opened in 1841, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.